Deck 2: The Rise of Greece

Question 1

The term "Ionic" refers to which of the following?

A) a musical scale
B) among pre-Socratic philosophers, a theory of matter
C) an architectural order
D) a literary style

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What characterizes early Greek music?

A) It was instrumental, performed only for kings and nobility.
B) It was choral, performed by large groups at private concerts.
C) It was polyphonic, with several interweaving melodies.
D) It was monophonic, made up of single melodies.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What impact did the tyrant rulers have on Greek society?

A) They crushed the Republic.
B) They supported the arts.
C) They developed the state laws.
D) They destroyed public property in an attempt to destabilize the government.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

How did Greek religion differ from Judaism and Christianity?

A) It involved formal worship ceremonies.
B) It was polytheistic.
C) It was based upon the worship of animals.
D) It was based upon spirit-possession ritual.

Question 5

What is the "meander" found on Greek geometric pottery?

A) a floral image
B) a crisscross pattern
C) a garland design
D) a maze-like design

Question 6

Which Greek god represented supreme good?

A) Zeus
B) Orpheus
C) Apollo
D) There was no god that represented supreme good.

Question 7

Who was the first known "author" in the history of western literature?

A) Homer
B) Herodotus
C) Darius
D) Pythagoras

Question 8

What did a smile on the face of an archaic-period sculpture signify?

A) the subject was from the upper class
B) the subject was a happy person
C) the subject was a living human being
D) the subject was a shepherd

Question 9

What Greek epic poem recounts the story of Achilles and the Trojan War?

A) the Odyssey
B) the Iliad
C) the Aeneid
D) the Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 10

Which of the following statements about early Greek religion is NOT true?

A) Deities typically had the physical features of animals.
B) Deities typically had complex, contradictory personalities.
C) Greeks saw in the lives of the gods and goddesses a reflection of their own human struggles.
D) Greeks did not have a mythological analog to Satan.

Question 11

In Greek music, what was the doctrine of ethos?

A) Music should convey the moral values of the society.
B) Music can influence human behavior.
C) Music was associated with Dionysius and Aphrodite.
D) Music was a precious gift to humans from the gods.

Question 12

What is a mode in Greek music?

A) a distinct scale type
B) a stringed instrument
C) a narrative song
D) a historical story

Question 13

A lyre is which of the following:

A) a type of nymph in Greek mythology
B) a weapon used by soldiers
C) a musical instrument with seven strings
D) an architectural feature

Question 14

Which of the following statements about the philosopher Pythagoras is true?

A) He believed that mathematics could be used to explain all things in the universe.
B) His dialogues with Socrates are the most famous of his writings.
C) He was a major proponent of dualism.
D) He believed music was a divine mystery that humans could not explain.

Question 15

What does the term "polis" refer to?

A) the ruling class
B) a self-governing city-state
C) the city theater
D) Greek soldiers

Question 16

Who are Achilles, Agamemnon, Hector, Patroclus, and Priam?

A) the main characters in the Odyssey
B) Greek gods
C) the main characters in the Iliad
D) Greek philosophers

Question 17

What kinds of information does painted pottery NOT provide about early Greek culture?

A) passages of text from authors such as Homer or Sappho
B) musical instruments
C) everyday acts such as farming and weaving
D) mythological images

Question 18

By the 8^th century BCE, what had become the principal subject of Greek art?

A) the female body
B) the human body
C) the figure of Apollo
D) the figure of Zeus

Question 19

What two opposing characteristics were represented by Apollo and Dionysus, respectively?

A) love vs. hate
B) logic vs. emotion
C) productivity vs. laziness
D) joy vs. sorrow

Question 20

What role did mythology serve in the lives of the Greeks?

A) Mythology was understood to represent an accurate and incontrovertible recounting of historical fact.
B) Mythology was understood to represent the direct word of God.
C) Mythology was understood to help humans understand their own lives.
D) Mythology was purely a vehicle for entertainment.

Question 21

What were the core beliefs of the Atomist school of Greek philosophy?

Question 22

According to Herodotus, why were the Persians defeated? What Greek word does Herodotus use for his explanation? What is the English translation of this word?

Question 23

Who was the first woman to leave a literary record of her personal feelings?

A) Xerxes
B) Helena
C) Augustina
D) Sappho

Question 24

A choral hymn sung during a tragedy in honor of Dionysus is called a ________.

A) dithyramb
B) peplos
C) spondee
D) ekphrasis

Question 25

What is the name for a clothed female figure in Archaic period sculpture?

A) cella
B) peripteral
C) red figure
D) kore

Question 26

What is lyric verse?

A) poetry that is accompanied by a lyre
B) poetry which conveys personal feelings
C) stories told through dance
D) stories recounting the deeds of heroes, gods, and demigods

Question 27

How did the Doric style differ from the Ionic style or order of architecture (consider the base, capital, frieze)?

Question 28

What is the term for a double-reed musical instrument?

A) dithyramb
B) cella
C) kithara
D) aulos

Question 29

Which of the following translates to "love of wisdom"?

A) tragedy
B) ekphrasis
C) philosophy
D) in medias res

Question 30

How did the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey come into being?

Question 31

A Greek term meaning "character," ______ was used to describe the ability of each musical mode to affect human behavior in a specific way.

A) ethos
B) kouros
C) nostos
D) epithetic

Question 32

How did the physical topography of Greece affect the development of the states?

Question 33

Which dualist philosopher believed that our world was subject to constant change and stated, "It is not possible to step into the same river twice"?

A) Democritus
B) Heraclitus
C) Zeno
D) Leucippus

Question 34

The term "hubris" refers to which of the following?

A) excessive pride, arrogance
B) lack of courage
C) sadness
D) jealousy

Question 35

What is the term for the rectangular panels that alternate with triglyphs on a Doric frieze?

A) stylobates
B) metopes
C) kraters
D) medias res

Question 36

Who was the first great Greek historian (the "Father of History")?

A) Darius
B) Ptolemy
C) Herodotus
D) Augustus

Question 37

Which philosopher, sometimes called the "first Western philosopher," believed that all change in the world was caused by water?

A) Thales
B) Anaxagoras
C) Pythagoras
D) Empedocles

Question 38

In Greek mythology, who is the king of the Underworld?

A) Olympus
B) Hades
C) Artemis
D) Hephaestus

Question 39

What is the term for stone sculpture that projects from its background?

A) hubris
B) black-figure technique
C) relief
D) trochee

Question 40

What is the earliest known example of Greek epic poetry?

A) the Odyssey
B) the Epic of Gilgamesh
C) Theogony
D) the Iliad